SIGHTINGS

SHERRIFF CREEK WILDLIFE SANCTUARY

APRIL, 2000

The following Species of birds have been observed since the beginning of April:

Sandhill Crane
Belted Kingfisher
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Barred Owl (also an unconfirmed sighting of a Great Gray Owl)
Mallard, Common Merganser, Common Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Ring-necked Duck,
Wood Duck
Northern Harrier
Pileated Woodpecker, Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers
Song Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow
Slate-coloured Junco
Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch, Red-breasted Nuthatch
Canada Goose
Pied-billed Grebe
Black-capped Chickadee
Raven, Crow
Blue Jay
Gray Jay
Evening Grosbeak
Herring Gull, Ring-billed Gull
Caspian Tern
Killdeer
American Woodcock
Spotted Sandpiper, Common Snipe
Redpoll, Goldfinch
Redwing Blackbird, Rusty Blackbird, Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Robin
Mourning Dove, Rock Dove
Winter Wren

Two other notable non-avian reports from Sherriff Creek are Spring Peepers calling mid-day on April 2 and Painted Turtles sunning themselves, for the first time this spring on that day.

April 22, Wood Frogs began to call and on our Earth Day Walk everyone heard them.

Thanks to all our members who have contributed to this month's Sighting List.